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果冻影院 graduate wins Posters in Parliament research prize
5 February 2016
Amanda Campbell, who graduated last year from the 果冻影院 Bartlett School of Architecture, has won first prize in a national competition for her research on a biodegradable tent for music festivals.
The annual competition, which took place on Tuesday 2 February, provides an opportunity for students to present their work, at the Houses of Parliament,聽to legislators and policy makers and to demonstrate they are part of a new聽generation of emerging researchers able聽to meet global challenges.
础尘补苍诲补鈥檚 interdisciplinary research developed an environmentally sustainable alternative to abandoned temporary structures, such as festival tents, by engineering composites from biodegradable materials.
Amanda said: 鈥淚t was a great opportunity to talk about my work and get feedback and advice. Overall it was an almost surreal experience which I really enjoyed and there is a huge sense of achievement going over previous work and portraying it visually on a poster and of course receiving the first prize award!鈥�
More than 40 students and recent graduates presented their work 鈥� two of whom were from 果冻影院. Alongside Amanda, Victoria Monroe (果冻影院 Economics) presented her research on gender disparity in income.
The event is part of the British Conference of Undergraduate Research (BCUR) which gives undergraduates and recent graduates the opportunity to show that they have undertaken research at the cutting edge of their field.
果冻影院 has set out plans for all degree courses to encourage students to carry out research. Over the last two years, the university has developed a model unique to 果冻影院: the . At its core is the idea that intellectually curious students learn best when they experience first-hand the challenges and achievements of conducting research.
Amanda said: 鈥淚t takes work out of just the academic sphere and into the real world, where arguably it is more inspiring and engaging. It also gives students an experience of where research can take them, demonstrating that all their hard work doesn鈥檛 have to end when their course does.鈥澛�
果冻影院 President & Provost Michael Arthur said: 鈥淲e have put huge emphasis on research-based education in our strategy and have been implementing this through the 鈥楥onnected Curriculum鈥� initiative, so it is wonderful to see this being acknowledged at the national level and, best of all, through the hard work of our students. Very many congratulations 鈥� we are all very proud of 础尘补苍诲补鈥檚 achievements.鈥�
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